Australian Flyertalkers please identify yourself
 

Hi all

I hope this is the appropriate forum to post this question.

Lately I have noticed an increase in the number of flyertalkers from the land of the pacific peso (Australia). I'm interested to see how many other Australian flyertalkers there are. I suspect that there are quite a few flyertalkers located in Melbourne.

To start things off I (ffhound) am located in Melbourne Australia and my principal frequent flyer programs are United Mileage Plus and Global Rewards.

cheers Peter

ps Our Kiwi friends can put their hands up too as they are so close and so many of them live in Australia http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif



[This message has been edited by ffhound (edited 03-16-2001).]

I'm here for 6 more days. Does that count?

I'm in Melbourne.

Usually > 100K miles a year mostly on *A.

I'm Australian but currently based in London. Will be back in my native Brisbane by Christmas.

Originally from Melbun ... currently marooned in the frosty wilds of Montana.

Mainly fly Alaska, NW, DL, and now UA.

Originally from Sydney - now in snowy Boston!!! UA all the way!!!

Originally from Sydney, currently in Bathurst.... (only 200km but a world away in many ways) main program Mileage Plus, secondaries AAdvantage and Global Rewards.


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Daturne praemium plurima milia passuum volandi mihi tantum spatium gresso inter portas? (Do I get frequent-flier miles for the walk between gates? - everything sounds better in Latin)

I'm from Melbourne.

Used to be use QF's frequent flyer programme mostly, since they were much better than AN in the 80's-mid 90's. When I started travelling more internationally, I starting using AN's GR, since their partners are much better than QF's.

I was elite level on both, when they brought in their pathetic tier credits system, so I switched to UA Mileage Plus and was Prem.Ex. in just over 6 months.

Should have switched sooner. I was only earning AN points to redeem them for the round-Australia trips I do each year, and now they don't allow them.

From Sydney, via Adelaide, via Ballarat. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cool.gif

Many reading this thread will be interested if they have not seen it into a MOST highly informed new FT'er telling us about the massive new changes to the Qantas FF program:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum39/HTML/000184.html



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~ Glen ~

Well I am from Sunny Sydney, and I currently in sunny Sydney.

Fly Ansett about once a week interstate.....still using GR, as the tier credits suit my short hop flights......will be GR gold in about 1.5 months !!!!!!

My 2 cents worth, hope ansett matches QF's FF changes !!!!

[This message has been edited by alexbs (edited 03-19-2001).]

Melbourne here. UA and * Alliance here.

Should requalify for 1K this year, all out of my own pocket (boo hoo)

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UA 1K MEL
A Star Alliance(tm) Member.

I am from the other side of the Tasman sea, from Auckland, New Zealand.
As you can see from the number of posts, I am not a prolific "poster" but have spent much time "lurking" on Flyer Talk. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Previously lived in Japan for many years and clocked up alot of Star Alliance points.

Just got the new Qantas frequent flyer info out of the post today. Still need time to digest all the changes.

Southside Sydney Australia

Currently in Sydney's CBD, moving to Singapore for a year or three next month. Will achieve EXP on AAdvantage this year using QF, BA and CX. Should make at least *A Gold, using SQ, UA, etc.

I'm an Australian from Brisbane in Queensland .Most of my travel is in *Alliance carriers and I try to direct my miles to UA's Mileage Plus.Now that QF's program is getting more competitive,I may review that policy.

From sunny Melbourne..do about 100K Km pa, mostly international, mostly QF (with whom I am Silver).

ffhound..be careful about referring to the 'pacific peso'..you'll offend the Filipinos, whose peso is actually *rising* wrt the $A!!!

Ozflier..QF's program isn't really getting more competitive at all; don't shift on that account!

Hi,

From Melbourne, currently based in Israel till around August, then NY here I come for about a year.

Used to be AN GR, but I hit 60000 and decided to switch my loyalties to UA MP.

goodo

Rhodesia > Far North Queensland > Ohio, USA.

Mostly bounce between CNS, SIN & IND/CVG on UA. Been a 1K with MP for 7 years which means so much less now than when I first became a 1K.

OK, this is totally off topic...but a friend and I just returned from two weeks in Sydney and surrounding areas.

What a BEAUTIFUL country, first off. Second, our experience with Australian people has left us speechless. Wonderful people with such a great outlook on life.

Can't wait to go back!

Yep! Checking in from London, UK on a work contract.

Adelaide via Whyalla!!

PATHETIC Pacific Peso is the more accurate term, having returned from a week in NYC. About the least expensive bottle of wine on the room service menu at the Waldorf Astroria came to well over $A100. US$35, plus $US 3.50 per person flat room delivery fee, plus tax at 10% or whatever, plus "service fee/gratuity" of 15%, and the room service guy still had his hand out. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif



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~ Glen ~

You can buy a decent (Australian) wine in a bottle shop in the US for about US$8. That's about A$16 for a bottle that would probably be about $10 here anyhow. If you choose to pay 525% more because you want to order room service in a very expensive hotel, that's hardly the A$'s fault.

Kremmen I totally agree. But it is called being hospitable and sociable to the 4 FlyerTalk guests in your suite at that moment in time I think, instead of vanishing for 30-45 minutes in mid town looking for a discount grog shop to save some bucks. This is why ***** Hotels exist! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

My hazy recollection clearing the debris next morning was 5 bottles of wine and a LOT of scotch were enjoyed by those present. I will not name names, to protect the innocent, (other than to say Doc was there, who was quite sober and can verify all this!) but one passed out on a bed, and another soon after collapsed face first outside Carnegie Deli in a pool of blood from a grazed/cracked head/face. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/eek.gif

And I do not know when the last time you looked for Australian wine in mid-town Manhattan was, but there are precious few true discount outlets - $US8 seems to be Napa Valley no-name Zinfandel type choice pretty much. And then the window prices I saw ran way up into 4 figures for vintage French!

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~ Glen ~



[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 03-30-2001).]

Brisbane, and if you ever been there you may have seen the Bundaberg Rum sign on Airport Drive. Fly about 1 every 6 months.


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Indecision is the key to Flexibility

From Kilmore>MEL>ITH>SYD>BTJ>JKT>SYD& gt;KCH> to?
Active in UA, QF, AN & MH programs, in that order, plus HH. Each have their merits.
Enjoy most the random acts of kindness amongst flyertalkers, and positive suggestions. [The opposite diminishes us all, as do individuals who thump their own chests. But Australians are quite good at taking the micky out of the pompous.]
Thanks for the strand, and may humour and humility abound.
Think those are the traits of a Koala.
Cheers
K


[This message has been edited by Koala (edited 03-30-2001).]

Wasn't it a Koala that p!ssed on the Prime Minister on TV? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

My word - I had no idea that there were so many Aussies, not living in Earl's Court, London.

Maybe, while you are all here, someone might be able to help me understand what Qantas are up to. Apparently the mileage earning and burning opportunties are miles better if you regsiter with QA as resident in Australia, than if you register as living abroad.

If anyone has any details, please let me know so that I can pass it on to the ever-growing aussie population of Earls Court.

Skips .. welcome to your debut post. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

One of the BEST and most informative threads on FT in months is unfolding right now on the QF board, with no less than the QF FF Manager answering queries about the new system .. get over there and say hi and ask your questions!

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum39/HTML/000184.html


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~ Glen ~

Stamps - this time you read me absolutely correctly -- & not only on the PM!
Cheers
Koala

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif ... The only thing I ever looked for in Manhattan was a watch. Finding that the model I wanted was triple to quadruple the price that it was available by mail order, though I did manage to beat them down to only about double, I ordered it by mail.

If I were planning to be in Manhattan and want anything even remotely expensive, I'd take it with me, esp. given the current state of the A$.

Had such a good time in Sydney over Christmas that I'll be back in town for a week arriving next Saturday (04.14). If there are any Sydneysider FT'ers in town who would like to get together (drinks, tennis (bringing my racquet), squash (not brining my racquet) ... please drop me a line.

And another one from MEL here!